Ferguson, Niall.
The great degeneration : how institutions decay and economies die / Niall Ferguson. - London : Penguin Books, c2012. - ix, 173 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
"Based on the BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures 2012"--Cover.
The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today, it seems: slowing growth, crushing debts, aging populations, anti-social behaviour. The author argues that our institutions - the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail - are degenerating.
9781846147432
Regression (Civilization)
Civilization, Western.
Economic history.
Business cycles.
Economics--Political aspects.
337 FE GR
The great degeneration : how institutions decay and economies die / Niall Ferguson. - London : Penguin Books, c2012. - ix, 173 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
"Based on the BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures 2012"--Cover.
The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today, it seems: slowing growth, crushing debts, aging populations, anti-social behaviour. The author argues that our institutions - the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail - are degenerating.
9781846147432
Regression (Civilization)
Civilization, Western.
Economic history.
Business cycles.
Economics--Political aspects.
337 FE GR